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5 Barriers to Adoption of Battery OPE in 2025

Battery-operated OPE remains popular but faces adoption challenges like performance perceptions, cost concerns, and battery life limitations. Understanding these barriers helps manufacturers adapt strategies to meet evolving consumer needs in 2025.

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Lawn & Ranch
Product Development
Customer Usage and Attitude

How Planned Purchases of OPE Have Changed Since COVID-19

The OPE market is showing signs of recovery, with planned purchases of lawn edgers, blowers, and ZTR mowers nearing pre-pandemic levels. Middle-aged homeowners drive demand, while gas-powered tools maintain their dominance despite rising interest in battery alternatives.

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Customer Usage and Attitude
Product Development
Lawn & Ranch

Power Tools: Current Market Trends and Future Projections

U.S. power tool sales are set to decline by 1.3% in 2024 but are expected to rebound with 2.8% growth from 2026 to 2028. Brands must focus on innovation, sustainability, and safety to meet the evolving preferences of professional and DIY consumers.

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Customer Usage and Attitude
Product Development
Building & Construction

Home Organization Products Demand Expected to Be Strong in 2025-2028

As homes become smaller and more multifunctional, demand for home organization products is expected to rise through 2028. Higher housing costs and evolving lifestyles are driving consumers to seek versatile storage solutions to maximize their spaces.

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Customer Usage and Attitude
Home Improvement
Product Development

7 Reasons Why the Major Home Appliance Market is Forecasted to Grow between 2025 and 2028

Like a majority of product categories, large home appliances have struggled in terms of market growth recently in part due to availability constraints, limited consumer need, and pull forward purchases over the last 2-3 years combined with long life cycles. Looking ahead into 2025 and beyond, the market forecast is more positive...

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Market Sizing
Product Development
Customer Usage and Attitude

Landscaping, Lawn and Garden Market Size and 2024-2027 Outlook

As our team anticipated, slowing housing starts and slowed home sales resulted in a decreased demand for OPE products in 2023, especially among new buyers, but market size forecasts show a brighter outlook. Here's what we're seeing:

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Lawn & Ranch
Product Development
Market Sizing

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